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February 29, 2020

Iran calls on people to stay at home as death toll rises to 43

Deaths in Iran from coronavirus have hit 43, the highest number outside China, and the total number of infected people has risen to 593, an Iranian health official said...

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February 29, 2020

Austria hints at border closures in echo of Europe's last migration crisis

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hinted on Saturday that borders could be closed across the Balkans in response to a rush of migrants towards Greece from Turkey, echoing action taken...

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February 29, 2020

The US makes peace in the war it forced on the Taliban

The leaders of one of the most demonised and misunderstood groups in the world sat down in Qatar today and signed an accord which will see US and NATO...

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February 29, 2020

Libya: GNA targets Haftar forces near Tripoli

Libya’s UN-recognized government on Saturday said it struck multiple targets of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s forces south of the capital Tripoli, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the Government of National...

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February 29, 2020

US to keep working with Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan on Blue Nile dam

The United States will continue to work with Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan until they sign an accord on a giant Blue Nile hydropower dam, after failing to secure signatures...

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February 29, 2020

No breakthrough in Gulf dispute, Qatar foreign minister says

Talks on ending a nearly-three-year-old diplomatic dispute in the Gulf have produced “no breakthrough”, Qatar foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said on Saturday, Reuters reports. He told Al...

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February 29, 2020

South Yemen gunmen prevent ship from offloading fuel in Aden

Yemeni gunmen entered on Saturday a port in the southern city of Aden and prevented a tanker from offloading a diesel cargo because the importing company is affiliated with...

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February 29, 2020

Qatar confirms first case of coronavirus

Qatar’s Health Ministry reported the first case of the novel coronavirus in the country on Saturday, Anadolu reports. A 36-year old Qatari citizen who returned recently from Iran tested...

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February 29, 2020

US-Taliban sign historic troop withdrawal deal in Doha

The United States signed a deal with Taliban insurgents on Saturday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan over the next 14...

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February 29, 2020

Unknown assassins kill prominent tribal leader in Iraq

Sheikh Abdul Saheb Sa’doun, chief of the Al-Hamaid tribe, and his wife were stabbed to death on Friday by unknown armed men in the Iraqi governorate of Dhi Qar,...

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